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Spaniards protest US missile strike on Syrian air base
Apr 18, 2017 08:28People have held a demonstration in the Spanish capital, Madrid, to condemn Washington’s recent missile attack on a Syrian army air base that has drawn strong condemnations worldwide.
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Spanish firefighter refuses to ship arms to Saudi, faces job loss
Apr 15, 2017 06:39A Spanish firefighter is facing a four-year suspension from his job for his refusal to supervise the shipment of 4,000 tons of munitions to Saudi Arabia, believing the armaments could facilitate more war crimes in Yemen.
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Basque separatists voluntarily disarm: Report
Apr 07, 2017 08:04Spain’s Basque militant separatist group ETA says it has voluntarily turned all of its weapons and explosives over to civil mediators, a report says.
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Spain tells UK not to 'lose cool' over Gibraltar
Apr 03, 2017 12:52Spain has advised Britain not to get testy during Brexit talks concerning Gibraltar after a senior British politician proposed launching war over the disputed territory.
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Catalonia again calls for independence referendum
Mar 20, 2017 05:20Catalonia's separatist government on Sunday again urged Spain's central government to let it hold a legal referendum on independence like the one Scotland staged in 2014 with London's approval.
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Catalan ex-president banned from office over referendum
Mar 13, 2017 14:30Former Catalan President Artur Mas has been banned from holding office for a two-year period for organizing an independence referendum in 2014.
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Spain orders mass cull after report of bird flu
Feb 23, 2017 16:46Spain has ordered 17,000 ducks to be culled after a case of H5N8 bird flu is reported in a farm in Catalonia.
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Spain jails former IMF chief for 4.5 years over embezzlement
Feb 23, 2017 16:46Spain’s National Court has sentenced former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo Rato, to four years and six months in jail over his involvement in embezzlement in two major Spanish banks.
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Hundreds of African refugees cross fenced border into Spain
Feb 20, 2017 14:21Hundreds of refugees have managed to cross the border from Morocco into Spanish territory after scaling a six-meter-high barbed-wired fence, the Red Cross says.
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Hundreds of thousands march for refugees in Spain
Feb 19, 2017 05:01Hundreds of thousands of people in Spain have taken part in a rally calling on the government to take in more refugees from war-ravaged nations.